The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-29
FACT AND FANCY.


There is story aaoat that VIM. H. Doane. of
CINCINNATI, makes $4,000 year by writing
hymns.
1t isreported that Prince Napoleon will before
long oring out book in reply to NJ Taines
recent work on Napoleon I.
Julian Hawthorne has written detective
mover founded upon facts furnished by the cele-
oFabeo detective Inspector Byrnes-
Meatax critics in the aesthetic West describe
mrs. Langtrys stage kiss as "a gurgling gurgle,
as OF water trickling from kitchen sink"
Boston Herald: Bill Nye is going to move
East and Oliver Optic is going West. This an
eye Tor an eye--or rather Nye for an Optic.
w. ID. Howells, in the Youths Companion: I
know nothing that conveys vivider idea of in
exhaustlble abundance than fried goose egg
Paris Figaro: Magistrate to a witness: 'sWhat
IS your profession2" "A lawyer" Well try to
forget 1t while you are giving your testimony"
1t Is said that the novels of Mr.. Howells are in
suca request among the prisoners at Sing Sing
that set OF his books is worn out IN six months
When the Lord Mayor of London kissed
queen Nictorias hand the other day he did it
Win sueh noisy smack as to cause merrment
among the participants in the ceremony.
The statue of Nathan Hale will soon be fn-
isbed at the ChIcopee foundry, ard will then be
put IN the east vestibule of the Capitol at Hart
fora until a suitable permanent location is
selected.
The widow and children of Henry Ward
Beecher have presented to Company G. Thir-
teenth Regiment, National Guards of New York,
known as the Plymouth Company. the swords
and belts of the great preacher.
The Modoc tribe of Indians are fast disappear
ing from the face of the earth Since their re-
moval from the lava beds in California to a res
ervation in Washington Territory their ranks
have been greatly thinned by the grim visitor.
Book Chat: THE evil that do lives after
them Three parodies of Haggard's "She" have
already appeared, '.He," "She" and ME- Prep
arations are being made to attack ich du, sic,
Je, tn, 10, and a few of the other foreign pro-
nouns.
The figures representing the mortality of
great city like London for single week are ap-
palling. During recent week there were regis
tered in that city 1889 deaths. This is about
one every i've n1tes, and many deaths are not
registered.
The requirement of the nterstate-commerce
act that all the freight schedules be printed in
plea type has created an enormous demand for
this type, of which printers do not keep large
stocks The type foundries running day and
night to supply the demand.
man in a car on a Maine railroad thought
that he felt bug crawling on his neck and
grabbed for it Then there was scream. and
the man found himself cutching the back hair
of q woman who had been sitting behind him
with her back to his.
The London General Omnibus COMPANY paws
yearly dividend of 12a per cent. The average
price paid for their new horses is $I7O They
have one horse die on their hands every day in
the year. To carry 80. 900, 900 passengers a year
they have $50 omnibuses in service.
This has been found on the wall of deserted
shanty in the heart of Dakota: Fore miles
frum naber; sixteen miles frum n postoffis;
twenty five miles frum a railroad; hundred and
atey frum timber; half mile frum waiter: God
bles our home. We're gone East to git fresh
start"
Says advertisement in a medical journal:
skeletons have ruled firm and active through
out the year, with prices unchanged. We have
been able to supply the demand for the common
varieties promptly, but the finer grades
scarce, and orders TOR deformties could
always be filled at In this regard the
market is still unchanged, although our broker
in Paris has orders to buy everything offered at
the usual rates."
The following incident of Lyman Beecher. the
father of the Brooklyn divine who was one of
the most impracticable OF men outside his call
ing, is related:
Lyman Beecher once bought bale of cotton and
had it sent home, simply because it cheap His
wife, at first discounted projected the unheard of
it woven, nailed it to the garnet floor and brushed it
over with thin paste Then she learned how to mix
oil paints and ornarnented the with groups of
flowers. initiating those in her garden.
There some things which make the work
of German housekeeping much lighter than with
US. There is regular washing day. very little
washing being done in the house, the wash being
sent into the country every five six weeks.
This long interval necessitates a full supply of
household linen, and the liuen-room. Shelf
after shelf of linen, all the articles sorted into
distinct piles. held together with ribbon,
stitched bands of pretty color and pattern. Big
ironing days are avoided, and baking days like
wise exist not
Royal yachts cost high in England. The orig
inal cost of the Victoria and Albert about
f136000 and she has since had spent her
over t300. 900. TIE Osbornes original cost
about 9l06, 600. and she has had about e112, 900
expended on her. The Alberta's original cost
was EFT 900, with subsequent expenditure of
f6S, 600. The Films original cost &c. 900,
the subsequent expenditure being over f40, 900.
Besides these interesting items, the annual pay
of the officers and crews of the royal yachts is
close upon f50, 900.
A Boston sea captain. says Hub gossip, Wis
tied Hawaii in 1920. He anchored his ship off
Honolulu and had his masts and spars well
IN honor of royal visit which was
expected The King and Queen of the Sandwich
Islands swan out to the ship IN costumes scantier
than seemed consistent with their high position.
When they reached the vessel they showed their
agility by climbing to the spars and perching
thereon. Varnish. however is respecter OF
persons, and the royal pair had difficulty in leav-
ing their lofty seats